Directions from Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Winchester, Virginia
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As the Georgians Saw It
Landmarks – Sharpsburg, Maryland
Inscription. Down the narrow valley directly across the creek swept Burnside's doomed attack columns. For the entire distance to the bridge, they were exposed to deadly short-range fire from the riflemen on this ridge. The final successful ... More on HMDB
Fort Bowman
Landmarks – Strasburg, Virginia
Inscription. The stone house to the south is Fort Bowman, or Harmony Hall, built about 1753 for George Bowman who emigrated from Pennsylvania in 1731-1732. The house is an important example of the Pennsylvania German influence on ... More on HMDB
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Loudoun County
Landmarks – Waterford, Virginia
Inscription. The first, office building, owned by the, Mutual Fire, Insurance, Company, of Loudoun, County: Organized March 12, 1849, Occupied by the, company from, 1872 to 1901, , Location. 39° 11.298′ N, 77° 36.703′ ... More on HMDB
Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry
Tours – Harpers Ferry, West virginia
Shirley was a great story teller and the tour was very affordable . More on TripAdvisor
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Next time I am going to come back to town in the middle of the night to visit Pig Alley. More on TripAdvisor
An excellent blend of history, humor and scariness. The guide really knows his stuff and conveys his knowle... More on TripAdvisor
Second Regiment U.S. Sharpshooters
Things To Do – Sharpsburg, Maryland
Inscription. Sept. 17, 1862, Company E, Capt. Homer R. Stoughton, —————, Company H. Lieut. Albert Buxton, Vermont, , Erected 1900 by State of Vermont. , Location. 39° 28.852′ N, 77° 44.877′ ... More on HMDB
Finders-Keepers
Things To Do – Harrisonburg, Virginia
Their prices are great and if you need to return things they take them back no questions. More on insiderpages.com
Virginia Quilt Museum
Museums – Harrisonburg, Virginia
I highly recommend it for a quiet, peaceful museum -quality visit. More on Yahoo! Travel
Clark County / Fauquier County
Landmarks – Millwood, Virginia
Inscription. (east-facing side) Clark County. Area 171 square miles Formed in 1836 from Frederick and added to from Warren. Named for George Rogers Clark, conqueror of the northwest. Lord Fairfax and General Daniel Morgan, revolutionary ... More on HMDB
John Brown
Landmarks – Sharpsburg, Maryland
Inscription. and his associates collected arms and ammunition on the Kennedy Farm (Samples Manor) in Maryland for months prior to the raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, October 17, 1859, , Erected by State Roads Commission. , ... More on HMDB
Johnny Cook
Landmarks – Sharpsburg, Maryland
Inscription. At the Battle of Antietam, 15-year-old Johnny Cook was the bugler for Battery B, Fourth United States Artillery. During the Union First Corps attack down the Hagerstown Pike, forty of the battery's one hundred men were ... More on HMDB
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